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W. H. VVALDRON MILITARY STOCK Filed July 2l. 1923 @brot :w11 1 PatentedDer; ll, i923.,

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WILLAIVI H. WALDRON, OF WASHINGTON, :DIST-ICT OF COLUMBIA.

MILITARY STOGK.

Application led July 21, 1923.

a military stock particularly while it is in use.

rlhe conventional military stock of curvilinear form is made up ofseveral plies of fabric stitched together at its edges and coinl'abs towhich the draw-strings are attached, and although this stock in use isworn wit-hin the collar `of the military coat and is thereforereinforced to some extent thereby it oftentimes crumples or sags downresulting not only in the discomfort of the wearer but also in theimpairment of his neat appearance, the last mentioned plight being animportant consideration to a military man.

This incapability of the stock to maintain its upright position is duein great measure to the inst-ability of the material of which it ismade, and of course it is undesirable to have the stock made of stiffermaterial than the fabric ordinarily employed or to stiften it withextraneous m-eans such as usually employed in connect-ion with theneck-band of soft collars.

The primary object of my invention is to increase the stability of amilitary stock without increasing the thickness of the same addingmaterially to the cost of its production, and l accomplish this in thepresent inst-ance by providing the stock with longitudinal lines or rowsof stitches closely arranged in connection with diagonal lines ofcooperating trussing stitches.r whereby a stock so made `is eifectivelystiifened and will properly hold its shape when it is in use.

ln the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification:

Fig. i is a perspective view of a milita-ry stock made in accordancewith my invention,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vie-w of one end portion of the stock.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the other end portion.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a military stock prises body portion withinterlocking end Serial No. 652,968.

showing a single zig-Zag line of trussing stitches. p

Fig. 5 is a view illust-rating the applic-ation of the invention to theneck-band of a fold-collar.

Like letters and numerals of reference indicate like parts in theseveral figures of the drawings.

My invention is applicable to any of the well known or prevailing stylesof collars or stocks, which are as usual composed of several plies offabric sewed. together at the 'edges by lines of stitches 10, and incarrying out my invention such a collar or stock is provided with rowsof longitudinal lines of stitches il spaced approximately close togetherfor the full width. of the stock or neckband of the collar and withdiagonal lines of stitches 12 likewise extending nearly the full widthof the stock or collar-neckband; whereby said longitudinal `lines ofstitches together with the diagonal lines of stitches combine toreinforce, brace, stien, or otherwise increase the stability of thestock or collar-neckband to prevent it from sagging, crumpling, breakingdown, or in any other manner impairing its proper set when in use. lfind that the arrangement of the diagonal or trussing lines of stitches12 as shown in the drawings is most eective in securing the desiredpermanent upright set of the stock or' collar-neckband; that is to'say,by running these stitches in a zig-Zag line from one end to the other ofthe stock or collar-neckband. There may be a single zig-Zag line oftrussing stitches 12, as shown in Fig. e, but the article will bestiffened or braced to a greater extent by the additional lines oftrussing stitches 13 shown in the drawings, these being disposed atopposite sides of said zig-zag line of stitches and parallel therewith,or arranged in V-form-direct and inverted-maintaining their diagonaldirection.

is hereinbefore stated I have particularly in' mind the feature ofincreasing the stability of a military stock of the conventionalcurvilinear form (Fig. 4) and comprising a body portion with taperedends forming tabs o and a and as this type of stock is provided with atransverse slot a2 for the interlocking engagement of the tabs thelongitudinal lines or stitches 1i and trussing stitches l2 and i3 arestopped at either side of said slot. In applying the stitches to thestock l prefer to use heavier thread for the Zig-zag line of stitches l2than the thread used in running); the horizontalA lines o'' stitches lland the trussing stitches 13;

In `lig. 5 ot the drawings l have illustratedthe application off theinvention tov lthe neckband b of a fold-collar B, and in this instancethe longitudinal and diagonal .or trussing; lines of stitches willreinvforce or brace the neelband in the same manner as for a militarystock.

l -elaini l l. Means `for increasing;l the stability of a military stockor neeliband comprising substantially parallel rows oil etitehee run--`ning lapproxiinately the lengt-h of the stoel: orneolrhand and the JullWidth thereof with `shorter lines of stitches'diagonallydisposed amilitary stock orl neekband comprising horizontal lines of stitchesarranged approximately close together for 4nearly the full width oithestock or neclloand, and cooperating Zig-zag lines of trussingstitches also extending approximately the full Width of the stool; orneckband and crossing the horizontal lines of stitches. fr

3'. Aiiniil-itary stock or neolrhand having longitudinal rows ofstitches arranged approximately elose together for approximately thefull `Widtlfi oif the steelt orneekloand, a iig-zag; `line of trussiingstitehesrunning from one end portion of the stock or neckhand to theother across said longitudinal linesof stitches approximately the fullWidth of said stock or neckband, and additional shorter tf-shaped linesoi' trussing stitches the vertices oit` the adjacent and correspondingVs being in lines substantially parallel to the length of the stock orneokband and oi the vsuper-inaposed Vs in lines substantiallyperpendicular tothe length of the

